Engine-setting for horizontal boilers.



' G. W. MORRIS. ENGINE SETTING FOR HORIZONTAL BOILERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. 1908. 941,460, Patented N0v.30, 1909.

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ENGINE-SETTING FOR HORIZONTAL BOILERS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. so, iaoa.

. Application filed May 1, 1908. Serial No. 430,385.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MORRIS, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Racine, in the county of Racine and State ofWVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Engine-Settings for Horizontal Boilers, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in engine settings for horizontalboilers and relates particularly to devices mounted upon and secured tothe boiler to permit the ready and secure attachment to the boiler ofthe operating mechanism that is driven from the engine, and in suchmanner as to obviate the necessity of having the bolts that directlyhold such mechanism in place from passing through the boiler.

It is a further object of my invention to provide improved means forrigidly securing to the boiler the bearings in which are mounted themain axle of the machine, and to rigidly connect such bearings with thesaid supporting mechanism.

These objects I accomplish by the means shown in the drawings andhereinafter specifically described.

That which I believe to be new will be set forth in the claims.

In the drawings,Figure l is a side elevation of a traction-engine boilerprovided with my improvements; Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the same;Fig. 3 is a detail, partly in section, the section being taken on theline 3-3 of Fig. 1, and illustrating the construction of the means forholding the main axle bearings in rear of the boiler; and Fig. 4 is arear View of the boiler, one half being in elevation and the other halfin vertical cross-section.

Referring to the several figures of the drawings, in which correspondingparts are indicated'by the same reference numerals 10 indicates ahorizontal boiler of approved form for use in connection withtractionengines.

1111 indicate two similar plates located at opposite sides of the boilernear the rear end thereof and extending longitudinally of the boiler andriveted in place.

1212 indicate two other plates, each one being riveted along its loweredge to one of the plates 11 and of a width to bring its upper edgesomewhat above the curved upper face of the boiler, as shown. Each ofthese plates 12 is longer than the plate 11 to which it is attached andprojects at its rear end beyond the rear end of the boiler as clearlyshown in Fig. 1.

1313 indicate two angleirons each riveted to the upper face of theboiler at one side of the median line thereof, and parallel with eachother and with the plates 12.

1414 indicate channel-irons, each of a width to fit snugly between oneof the plates 12 and the adjoining angle-iron 13, being secured to thoseparts by riveting, as shown. These channel-irons 14 are each arranged sothat its sides or flanges are directed downward while the outer face ofits web or central portion is flush with the upper edges of the plate 12and angle-iron 13 between which it is secured, as clearly shown at thelefthand side of Fig. 4. By this construction there is thus provided ateach side of and above the boiler a long smooth bed of rigidconstruction well adapted to receive and hold the blocks in which areformed the bearings for the various shafts of the usual mechanismthrough which power is transmitted from the engine proper. Three pairsof such blocks are shown, the blocks of each pair being indicated,respectively, by 15, 16, and 17. I have not deemed it necessary toillustrate in connection with my improvements any of said operativemechanism, as such mechanism may be of any well-known form orconstruction, and the several pairs of blocks may be spaced apart to agreater or less extent than as shown 'as may be required to adapt themto the driving mechanism employed.

While the several blocks are to be firmly bolted in place on theirrespective beds, as indicated, it is highly desirable, owing to therough and heavy work that traction-engines are required to do, thatadditional means be provided for maintaining them absolutely rigid ontheir beds, and for that purpose 1 tie together the blocks on each sideof the boiler by means of tie-rods 18 and 19 which pass through suitableupturned ends or bracketportions on said blocks. The ends of thesetie-rods are screw-threaded to receive nuts, the screwing up of which,of course, secures the rods tightly in place. Each of the blocks 17 hasformed with it a vertical depending arm 20, as clearly shown in Figs. 1and 1, which fits closely against and is secured to the face of avertical channel-iron 21 at the rear of the boiler and thereby aids ingiving rigidity to the entire set of blocks that are at that side of theboiler.

The vertical channel-irons 21 referred to are at their lower portionseach secured be tween a plate 22 riveted to the side of the boiler andprojecting beyond the end thereof and an angle-iron 23 riveted to therear end of the boiler, as best shown in Fig. 8, the sides or flanges ofthe channel-irons being directed toward the end of the boiler. At theirupper ends they are secured between the rearwardly-projecting end of oneof the plates 12 that has before been referred to and the saidangle-iron 23.

24 indicates a fiat strip of iron fitting in each vertical channel-iron21 and adding increased stiffness to the same.

2525 indicate a pair of blocks, each being secured by bolts or otherwiseagainst the outer face of the web or central portion of one of thevertical channel-irons 21, each block having formed with it a sleeveconstituting one of the bearings for the main or rear axle of themachine. Each block 25 is secured to the block 17 directly above it by atie-rod 26, the ends of which are screwthreaded to receive tighteningnuts, said ends projecting through lugs 17 and 25 formed on the blocks17 and 25, respectively. 27-27 indicate braces extending diagonally fromthe sides of the boiler to the main axle bearings.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I provide a verystrong and simple supporting means for the operative mechanism drivenfrom the engine, and that by reason of such construction I avoid thenecessity of riveting or otherwise securing such parts directly to theboiler-shell, which is a matter of very considerable advantage from apractical standpoint, as it enables such operative parts to be appliedto and removed from the boiler without liability of in any way damagingthe boiler. Furthermore, the life of the boiler is prolonged and themaking of repairs very largely avoided, for by my improvements there isprovided what is in effect a solid unyielding steel frame to which isattached, as before explained, the engine-frame and cylinder, thecrank-shaft and other usual shafts, as well as the rear axle of themachine, and by this construction the strain of hauling plows or otherheavy loads is distributed over practically the entire boiler, insteadof being, as has generally been the case, confined to a single pair ofbrackets supporting the boiler on the rear axle and bolted directly tothe boiler-shell by means of tap bolts entering the water space anddepending for their hold upon the boiler only upon the few threads thatcan be secured in a plate onequarter or five-sixteenths of an inchthick.

That which I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is,

1. The combination with a horizontal boiler, of a supporting-bed securedthereon at opposite sides of and over said boiler, and a plurality ofbearing blocks secured to each bed, the bearing blocks on each bed beingconnected together, and one of said bearing blocks having adownwardly-extending arm that lies opposite the end of the boiler.

2. The combination with a horizontal boiler, of a supporting-bed securedthereon at opposite sides of and over said boiler, a plurality ofbearing blocks secured to each bed, said bearing blocks being providedwith brackets, tie-rods passing through said brackets, and tighteningnuts on said tierods.

3. The combination with a horizontal boiler, of a supporting-bedcomprising a plate at each side of and secured to the boiler, twoangle-irons secured to the top of the boiler at opposite sides of thelongitudinal center of the boiler, and a channel-iron secured betweeneach plate and angle-iron.

4. The combination with a horizontal boiler, of a supporting bedcomprising a plate at each side of and secured to the boiler, twoangle-irons secured to the top of the boiler at opposite sides of thelongitudinal center of the boiler, and a horizontallydisposed stripconnecting each plate and angle-iron.

5. The combination with a traction-engine boiler, of a supporting-bedsecured thereon at opposite sides of and over said boiler,vertically-arranged irons secured to and in rear of said boiler, blocksresting upon said bed and each having a downward extension that bearsagainst one of said verticallyarranged irons, a block secured to each ofsaid vertically-arranged irons and having formed therewith an axlebearing, and means for connecting each of said last-named blocks withone of said first-named blocks.

6. The combination with a traction-engine boiler, of a supporting-bedcomprising a channel-iron secured at each side of and over said boiler,a pair of vertically-arranged channel-irons secured to said boiler andin rear thereof, means for connecting said suptherewith an axle bearing,and means for porting-bed channel-irons With said verti-i connectingeach of said last-named blocks 10 cally-arranged changed-irons, a pairin? blocks with one of said first-named blocks.

restin u on said ed and each avin a I downiz ard extension that bearsagainst me I GEORGE MORRIS of said vertically-arranged channel-irons, aWitnesses:

block secured to each of said vertically-ar- EDGAR S. CRAIG,

ranged channel-irons; and having formed SAMUEL E. CRAIG.

